Demos Grad Students can Check Out
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These demos can be checked out by graduate students for use in the Physics building.
A+0+10
Atwood machine: Unbalanced weights on a pulley accelerate slowly.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/13
A+0+25
Cork float accelerometer: Cork and water in sealed flask.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/19
A+0+31
Swinging mass M lifts mass 2M
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/7741
A+0+35
A ball swung on a string held by a sleeve.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/21
A+0+59
Chain lariat with hand drill or electric rotator
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/29
A+5+0
Ball on string mounts on blackboard and pivots on lower rod.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/57
A+5+10
Equal path lengths ball race.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/35
A+12+0
Blocks, with various surfaces slide on an inclined plane.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/44
A+14+0
Weight on a vertical spring with markers on stand
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/58
A+14+1
Block pulled horizontally by a spring.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/48
A+20+0
Card snapped from under a weight by a leaf spring.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/64
A+20+5 Tablecloth yanked out from under dishes.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/65
A+20+10 Breaking thread above and below weight.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/66
A+25+0 Two disks, one weighted in center and other on rim, roll down ramp
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/113
A+25+15 Rotational Inertia Wands
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/7753
A+30+60 Spinning Bicycle Wheel Stays Upright
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/8886
A+30+20 Maxwell's top, has adjustable center of gravity
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/74
A+35+18 Inelastic collisions: Another ballistic pendulum.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/85
A+35+5 Elastic collisions: Seven steel balls roll on a wooden track.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/82
A+50+0 Dropped and shot balls hit bench simultaneousy
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/101
A+50+20 Rocket is filled with water and compressed air and launched vertically.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/105
A+55+0 "Sweet Spot": Meterstick pivot point changes with point struck.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/109
A+55+5 Rolling spool: String on spool is pulled at various angles.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/110
A+55+10 Cycloid disk draws path on chalkboard.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/111
A+60+25 Disk (weighted off-center) rolls up inclined plane.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/120
A+60+32 Center of gravity (toy) objects.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/122
A+60+37 Rotation about the center of mass: Object to throw.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/124
A+60+45 Center of mass of a baseball bat
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/3192
A+60+55 Stacking Blocks Extend Over Base
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/8431
A+70+20 Rope with slug(unit of mass) in center is lifted from ends.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/131
B+5+0 Chaotic pendulum.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/137
B+10+0 Mass on a spring.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/138
B+10+1 Simple pendulum: Ball on a string.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/139
B+10+60 Tuning forks, various.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/153
B+15+5 Wilberforce pendulum: Oscillates between rotation and up-down.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/158
B+15+15 Two balls hung on the same string, one in middle, one at the end.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/160
B+20+15 One tuning fork with tuned cavity, drives another.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/164
B+35+5 Acoustic interference with Quincke (trombone) tube and son alert.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/181
B+35+25 Beats with two beer bottles blown manually.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/186
B+45+32 Twirling Tube
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/195
B+45+40 Caruga horn: Varigated tube to blow through
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/197
B+50+30 Set of ten suspended metal rods struck with a wooden mallet.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/211
B+50+35 Xylophone.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/212
C+10+0 Carnot cycle models: Piston/cylinder, PVT surface.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/236
C+20+5 Crooke's radiometer with flashlight, arc lamp or IR source.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/245
C+25+4 Airzooka
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/255
C+25+50 A water vortex in two soda bottles joined vertically.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/268
C+27+5 Various bubble frames.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/271
C+30+35 Cartesian divers: Pressure on cap sends divers sinking.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/284
C+30+62 Mat held down by atmospheric pressure.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/2364
C+50+5 Black balls and white balls in a box are shaken.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/302
C+55+60 Equipartition of Energy: Different mass balls bounce out at
different times.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/319
C+70+47 Dippy bird: Large glass bird containing ether oscillates.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/351
C+70+55 Fire syringe: paper is ignited in a cylinder with a piston.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/353
C+80+10 P.V.T. surface model for water.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/368
C+80+15 P.V.T. surface model for carbon dioxide.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/369
D+0+0 Attraction between horizontal plates of a charged capacitor.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/379
D+0+4 Parallel plate capacitor with dielectric materials and electroscope.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/381
D+0+6 Capacitor doorbell driven by Van de Graaff generator.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/382
D+10+4 Pith balls on thread, with positive and negative charged rods.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/418
D+10+6 Attraction and repulsion of charged styrofoam balls.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/419
D+10+12 Charge resides on the outside of a conductor.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/423
D+10+13 Faraday cage: blocks signal from portable radio
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/424
D+10+16 Separation of charge using electrical tape and an electroscope.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/426
D+10+18 Electrophorous: Cat fur on teflon, acetate on lucite.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/427
D+10+20 Van de Graaff generator. http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/428
D+10+24 Electrostatic pinwheel:Van de Graaff makes pinwheel spin.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/430
D+10+30 Kelvin water drop electrostatic charge generator.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/433
D+15+1 Oscillating magnets in coupled coils
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/435
D+15+10 Hand-cranked AC alternator powers 120 volt lamp.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/440
D+15+11 Hand-cranked DC generator powers 120 volt lamp.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/441
D+15+14 Eddy currents: Copper disk rotates over a spinning bar magnet.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/443
D+15+16 Damped pendulum: Swinging metal disks damped in magnetic field.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/444
D+15+20 Jumping rings: High current AC coil causes rings to jump.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/446
(no LN2 for undergrads)
D+15+26 Eddy currents:Small magnet slowly drops between aluminum rails.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/449
D+15+28 Eddy currents: Neodymium Magnet Drop.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/451
D+15+45 Magnet inserted and withdrawn from copper ring causes ring to swing=
.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/7743
(no LN2 for undergrads)
D+30+6 Iron filings and permanent magnets to show field on an OHP.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/460
(Plexiglass only as transparent surface)
D+30+30 Force on current carrying wire in a magnetic field
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/2297
D+35+0 Wobbly bar: Magnets in frame balanced by repulsive forces.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/473
D+35+9 Para and diamagnetic materials in magnetic field with OHP.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/478
D+35+15 Mass Driver
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/8401
D+35+20 Curie Temperature
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/8425
D+55+18 Resistor analog: Marbles cascading down pin board.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/502
D+60+8 Commercial solar cell spins propeller using small arc lamp.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/507
D+70+6 Thermoelectric fan: Fan runs off of hot and cold water.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/513
Electric tea pot as source of energy
D+70+8 Peltier junction: Forward current freezes water drop, reverse boils.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/514
Hand generator only
D+75+3 Secondary used for small Jacob's ladder.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/518
D+75+6 Automobile coil makes a spark.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/520
E+10+45 Limit of resolution: Two small lamps on adjustable slide.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/545
E+10+55 Laser beam diffraction off object and being reassembled
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/3220
E+5+0 Standard color blindness tests and box of colored yarns.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/527
E+5+10 Newton's color disk: When rotated,appears white.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/529
E+5+25 Cyan, magenta, and yellow filters mix subtractively on OHP.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/532
E+5+35 Rotating disk with black and white lines makes color illusion.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/534
E+15+20 Diffraction patterns of various gratings using He-Ne laser.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/554
E+15+25 Hand-held gratings for class to view Hg, Ne discharge tubes.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/555
E+20+5 Transmission hologram viewed with laser light.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/557
E+20+6 Reflection hologram viewed with white light.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/558
E+25+20 Red/green/blue line source viewed with double slit paddles.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/563
E+25+25 Thin film interference with optical flats and sodium lamp.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/564
E+25+42 Oil film interference on water.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/568
E+25+45 Thin film interference with mercury light on mica sheets.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/569
E+25+50 Laser projected through Fabry-Perot interferometer shows
pattern. http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/570
E+30+15 Real images: Lighted arrow image and various lenses.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/576
E+30+17 Real images: Lighted =E2=80=98F-object=E2=80=99 and an astygmatic l=
ens.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/2362
E+30+18 Real images: Lighted =E2=80=98F-object=E2=80=99 and a cylindrical l=
ens.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/2362
E+30+20 Cylindrical lens of lucite with words "DIOXIDE GLASS".
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/577
E+30+25 Fresnel lenses to show.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/578
E+40+15 Hand held plane mirror and right angle mirror.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/591
E+40+20 Variable angle mirror assembly with candle.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/592
E+40+21 Barbershop mirrors:Parallel mirrors with light bulb.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/593
E+40+40 Clam shell mirrors: Floating coin illusion.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/597
E+45+10 Malus experiment: Polarization by reflection off glass surface.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/602
E+45+30 Plaster models of positive and biaxial crystals.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/606
E+45+45 Model of a calcite crystal.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/609
E+45+60 Polarized light and stressed lucite on an OHP.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/612
E+50+5 Four-prisms, same index of refraction, different angles, using laser=
.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/624
E+50+10 Eight-prisms, different index of refraction, same angle, using lase=
r.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/625
E+55+10 Image formed by a pinhole using three light bulbs in a box.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/633
E+50+35 Binoculars and Porro prisms to show.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/630
E+60+2 Indices of Refraction: glass in glycerin and phantom crystals.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/636
E+60+5 Total internal reflection/critical angle: Nakamura water tank.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/637
E+60+15 Light pipes and fiber optic flashlight.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/639
E+65+5 Crooke's radiometer with flashlight or IR source.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/647
F+15+0 UV light hits charged zinc plate and discharges electroscope.\\
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/665
F+15+20 Commercial solar cell spins propeller using halogen light source.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/669
F+15+35 Recording modulates laser beam which hits solar cell and amplifier.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/672
F+20+0 "Plum pudding": Corks with magnets float in bowl/solenoid on OHP.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/679
F+20+10 Model of the nucleus: Steel balls in plastic dish on OHP.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/681
F+95+0 Working helium-neon laser in transparent housing.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/712
G+5+5 Earth, Sun, and Mars model.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/717
G+5+10 Solar system model.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/718
G+5+15 Gravitational lens model.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/8031
G+55+0 Revolving window illusion.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/720
G+55+5 Rotating disk and strobe demonstration.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/721
G+55+10 Optical illusion posters.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/722
G+60+20 Set of color blindness cards.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/730